Kayleigh McEnany has crossed a line  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.  He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration secretly withheld millions from FDNY 9/11 health program  —  The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses, the Daily News has learned.

Trump makes wild claims about revitalizing auto industry at Michigan rally  —  FREELAND, Mich. — President Donald Trump made wildly inaccurate claims at a rally outside Saginaw on Thursday night, suggesting he has revitalized auto manufacturing in the state when it actually lost jobs even before coronavirus hit in March.

Tom Ridge to Trump: You're wrong about voter fraud  —  Tom Ridge has been a member of the U.S. House, governor of Pennsylvania, and the first secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.  He has also been a Republican much longer than President Donald Trump.

New York Times reporter removed from Trump rally after showing people without masks  —  DETROIT — Kathleen Gray, a longtime political reporter for the Detroit Free Press who now works for the New York Times, said she was removed from President Donald Trump's Michigan rally on Thursday …

NIH director: 'I'm pretty puzzled and rather disheartened' by Trump rally  —  Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said Thursday he was “pretty puzzled” and “rather disheartened” by President Donald Trump's crowded campaign rally in Michigan …

Trump Has Bragged to Advisers That He Likely Stopped a Second COVID Wave  —  As the president boasts about crushing the virus, his team is struggling to figure out how to handle a resurgence and acknowledging a vaccine may not be too close.  —  In the last month, President Donald Trump …

Have Pollsters Figured Out How to Poll the Midwest?  —  In 2016, as I was preparing to write my “Why Hillary Will Win” piece, I decided to have my able then-assistant, David Byler (now of Washington Post fame), do a bit of research.  His job was to look up the share of the electorate …

The Children of 9/11 Are About to Vote  —  Twins Arie and Aidan Hiester were born in Indianapolis right around 9 a.m. ET, on September 11, 2001, in between the first crash at the World Trade Center and the moment that a second airliner roared onto TV screens across the country and hit the South Tower.

Americans need to ‘hunker down’ this fall and winter as Covid-19 pandemic will likely worsen, Fauci says  —  (CNN)Nearly 30 US states are reporting downward trends in Covid-19 cases, but the pandemic will likely worsen again, according to the country's leading infectious disease expert.

'We'll put them down very quickly': Trump threatens to quash election night riots  —  President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to “put ... down very quickly” riots on election night should aggrieved Democrats take to the streets in the wake of his potential victory.

Coronavirus news: US daily death toll from COVID-19 shoots back up over 1,000  —  There were 1,206 new deaths in the U.S. in the last 24 hours.  —  A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 906,000 people worldwide.  —  Over 27.9 million people across the globe …

Trump, struggling to define Biden, steps up Harris attacks  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Donald Trump barely mentioned Tim Kaine when he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2016.  But four years later, the president has plenty to say about Kamala Harris.

CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Louis DeJoy  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington- Louis DeJoy orchestrated an illegal straw donor scheme to help elect Republicans, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Biden says US must maintain small force in Middle East, has no plans for major Defense cuts  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he supports drawing down troops in the Middle East but if elected president would keep a small force there to prevent extremists …

Congress lacks urgency for more economic stimulus  —  One of the pandemic's few silver linings came in late March, when elected officials put aside partisan differences to quickly pass a massive, across-the-board economic stimulus.  Six months later, we're back to the old normal — even though many remain desperate for assistance.

‘Follow the Science’ Isn't a Covid-19 Strategy  —  Policy makers can follow the same facts to different conclusions.  —  Anyone observing President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. would have good reason to wonder if his administration ever had much of a strategy for handling it.

EXCLUSIVE: CEO is caught on security camera mercilessly beating his four-month-old puppy named Beachy, grabbing the whimpering dog by the throat and slapping it around at his Santa Monica condo  — CEO Jeffrey Previte was caught on security camera thrashing his defenseless pup Beachy and grabbing the whimpering hound by the throat

NYSE Signals It Will Exit New Jersey if State Taxes Stock Trades  —  New York Stock Exchange will temporarily run one exchange from Chicago to show its readiness to move  —  The New York Stock Exchange is signaling that it will move its electronic trading systems out of New Jersey …

Deepfakes are coming for American democracy.  Here's how we can prepare.  —  Clint Watts is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy.  Tim Hwang is the program chair of COGSEC, a conference focusing …

Missouri blasted as ‘classless trash’ after NFL Chiefs fans started booing during moment of silence for racial equality  —  Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs were harshly criticized on Thursday after fans started booing as the team locked arms with the Houston Texans for racial equality …

When They Came To An Oregon Town To Take Pictures Of The Fires, Armed Locals Thought They Were Antifa Arsonists  —  Gabriel Trumbly, a Portland videographer who has spent roughly 90 of the past 100 days capturing the protests, wanted to take footage of the forest fires raging in Oregon.

The Left Is Setting The Stage For A Coup If Trump Wins  —  Under the guise of planning for right-wing violence if Trump loses, Democrats are gaming out how to steal the election if Trump wins.  —  It's been hard to miss the steady drumbeat of articles and think-pieces over the past few months …

Trump's Businesses Raked In $1.9 Billion Of Revenue During His First Three Years In Office  —  An adaptation from White House, Inc: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business by Dan Alexander.  —  Donald Trump never really got out of business.  Sure, he handed day-to-day management …

Democrats build big edge in early voting  —  Democrats are amassing an enormous lead in early voting, alarming Republicans who worry they'll need to orchestrate a huge Election Day turnout during a deadly coronavirus outbreak to answer the surge.  —  The Democratic dominance spreads across …